Download or read book Friends Lovers and Roses written by V. B. Clay and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart, sassy, and full of surprises, Friends, Lovers, and Roses follows three gay African-American couples (and their Puerto Rican confidant) through the twists and turns of building (and sometimes, destroying) relationships. Their stories-funny one moment, frightening the next-reveal the hard truths about the journey from lust to love and about the choices we make along the way. This fast-moving romantic drama swings from intense to inspiring and back again in a heartbeat as David, Allen, Stephen, Jamal, Serafina, Dominique (and Damien) struggle.
Download or read book The Cowboy and His Best Friend written by Kaci M. Rose and published by 5 Little Roses Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this Steamy Cowboy Romance Book from Small Town Romance author Kaci M. Rose... Who meets their soul mate at 6 years old? Sage We were 6 when Colt saved my life. Not for one second could I deny the bond that formed between us after that. Truth be told, it scared the hell out of me. Who meets their soul mate before learning to drive their first pick-up truck? So, I ran. Yet years later, when a tragic accident lands me in the hospital, he’s right back by my side and refusing to budge. I know I messed up when I left him. Is a second chance even possible? Or does the cowboy womanizer now enjoy a new filly each night too much to resign himself to one saddle? Colt I knew at 10 I was going to marry her. We would run the ranch together and fill our lives with sticky-faced kids and prize-winning cattle. When I thought of the future, all I saw was her. Then, she vanished. Heart shattered, I paid little mind to the rumors spreading like wildfire about me through the small town gossip mill. Until I finally faced the second chance I had been praying for. Now, I’ll do whatever it takes to prove to her there’s no truth to the playboy rumors, and that what we have is worth the risk. The Cowboy and His Best Friend is a novel in the Rock Springs, Texas series, and all books in the Rock Springs world are interconnected standalones. A HOT cowboy romance with a guaranteed happily ever after and an Alpha hero, second chances, friends to lovers, and a reformed playboy. It does have some strong language and oh my, sexy times. Rock Springs, Texas Series The Cowboy and His Runaway The Cowboy and His Best Friend The Cowboy and His Obsession The Cowboy and His Sweetheart The Cowboy and His Secret Rock Springs Wedding Novella
Download or read book The Wolf in the Whale written by Jordanna Max Brodsky and published by Redhook. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you liked American Gods by Neil Gaiman or Circe by Madeline Miller, be sure to pick this one up." -- Timeworn A sweeping tale of forbidden love and warring gods, where a young Inuit shaman and a Viking warrior become unwilling allies in a war that will determine the fate of the new world. There is a very old story, rarely told, of a wolf that runs into the ocean and becomes a whale. . . Born with the soul of a hunter and the spirit of the Wolf, Omat is destined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps-invoking the spirits of the land, sea, and sky to protect her people. But the gods have stopped listening and Omat's family is starving. Desperate to save them, Omat journeys across the icy wastes, fighting for survival with every step. When she encounters Brandr, a wounded Viking warrior, they set in motion a conflict that could shatter her world. . .or save it.
Download or read book Friends and Lovers written by Helen MacInnes and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Bosworth and Penelope Lorrimer seem to have everything against them. He is a penniless Oxford undergraduate; she is the daughter of a well-to-do Edinburgh family. Nevertheless they defy the gulf between them, and the opposition they encounter draws them closer. But as the shadow of war creeps over Europe, there will be greater challenges before they can hope to be together.
Download or read book Orwell s Roses written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography “An exhilarating romp through Orwell’s life and times and also through the life and times of roses.” —Margaret Atwood “A captivating account of Orwell as gardener, lover, parent, and endlessly curious thinker.” —Claire Messud, Harper's “Nobody who reads it will ever think of Nineteen Eighty-Four in quite the same way.” —Vogue A lush exploration of politics, roses, and pleasure, and a fresh take on George Orwell as an avid gardener whose political writing was grounded by his passion for the natural world “In the spring of 1936, a writer planted roses.” So be-gins Rebecca Solnit’s new book, a reflection on George Orwell’s passionate gardening and the way that his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and on the intertwined politics of nature and power. Sparked by her unexpected encounter with the roses he reportedly planted in 1936, Solnit’s account of this overlooked aspect of Orwell’s life journeys through his writing and his actions—from going deep into the coal mines of England, fighting in the Spanish Civil War, critiquing Stalin when much of the international left still supported him (and then critiquing that left) to his analysis of the relationship between lies and authoritarianism. Through Solnit’s celebrated ability to draw unexpected connections, readers are drawn onward from Orwell‘s own work as a writer and gardener to encounter photographer Tina Modotti’s roses and her politics, agriculture and illusion in the USSR of his time with forcing lemons to grow in impossibly cold conditions, Orwell’s slave-owning ancestors in Jamaica, Jamaica Kincaid’s examination of colonialism and imperialism in the flower garden, and the brutal rose industry in Colombia that supplies the American market. The book draws to a close with a rereading of Nineteen Eighty-Four that completes Solnit’s portrait of a more hopeful Orwell, as well as offering a meditation on pleasure, beauty, and joy as acts of resistance.
Download or read book Friends Lovers and More written by Bernadette Lyttle-Smith and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FRIENDS, LOVERS AND MORE The hardships of New York force Italian immigrants, Camille Rosario and her parents to travel to sleepy Paola, Kansas, for a new life. One girl softens the rejection of the other students and despite a three year difference in age, colliding personalities and temperaments, Camille and Opal Richards forge a friendship. At thirteen, Camilles exceptional sewing skills kick-starts a life-long seamstress career. Hilarity and patience keep Camille and Opal working side by side as boss and accountant, meeting the challenges of happy, sad and outrageous Midwest brides. Camilles height is short, her weight is plump, her nose is big and despite a delightful personality her social life is a dismal one. Tall, beautiful Opal challenges societys mores by raising a child out of wedlock with Camilles help. Through the Depression, the Dirty Thirties, War, Rock n Roll, Segregation, Camille and Opal endure broken engagements, death, polio, tornados and life threatening health issues to celebrate each other strengths and happiness. Humor and loyalty bind two friends together through disappointments and triumphs.
Download or read book Love s Work written by Gillian Rose and published by Vintage Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gillian Rose was a star academic, acclaimed as one of the most dazzling and original philosophers today (Edward Said was among those who said we MUST publish this). But Gillian also had cancer, and the news that she only had months to live made her determined to explore who she was, and what she had been seeking so long. LOVE'S WORK is as vivid and carefully structured as a novel, circling like memory from the small fierce girl torn between a demanding father and genial, feckless stepfather to the adolescent confronting her Jewish inheritance, from the passionate friend to the searcher for truth, from the sensual woman in love to the patient in the hospital bed. Passionate funny, heartbreakingly honest, LOVE'S WORK faces death in a way that is almost exhilarating: genuinely unforgettable.
Download or read book One of Us Is Dead written by Jeneva Rose and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated new thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage. Opulence. Sex. Betrayal ... Sometimes friendship can be deadly. Meet the women of Buckhead—a place of expensive cars, huge houses, and competitive friendships. Shannon was once the queen bee of Buckhead. But she’s been unceremoniously dumped by Bryce, her politician husband. When Bryce replaces her with a much younger woman, Shannon sets out to take revenge ... Crystal has stepped into Shannon’s old shoes. A young, innocent Texan girl, she simply has no idea what she’s up against ... Olivia has waited years to take Shannon’s crown as the unofficial queen of Buckhead. Finally, her moment has come. But to take her rightful place, she will need to use every backstabbing, manipulative, underhand trick in the book ... Jenny owns Glow, the most exclusive salon in town. Jenny knows all her clients’ secrets and darkest desires. But will she ever tell? Who amongst these women will be clever enough to survive Buckhead—and who will wind up dead? They say that friendships can be complex, but no one said it could ever be this deadly.
Download or read book Friends Lovers and Groups written by Rutger C. M. E. Engels and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, dating and romantic partners have been recognized as important peer relations within adolescence and research in this area is just emerging. Peer groups and peer pressure are more well established areas of research into adolescence, with recent studies focusing on peer groups and anti-social behaviour. The book will be the first in a series of three that examines the latest research in key areas of developmental psychology, edited by Rutger Engels and Hakan Stattin. This volume will present four areas of peer research: the ‘deviancy training’ mechanism of peer influence; behavioural genetic analytical techniques in understanding peer selection; romantic partners as peer relationships; and in-school and out-of-school peers studies.
Download or read book The Perfect Marriage written by Jeneva Rose and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One million sold: “A tantalizing premise . . . twists at every turn . . . [A] masterful debut about betrayal and justice” by a New York Times-bestselling author (Samantha M. Bailey, #1 national bestselling author of Watch Out for Her). Optioned by Picture Perfect Federation for development as a film or TV series Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. As a named partner at her firm, life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He’s a struggling writer who has had little success in his career and he tires of his and Sarah’s relationship as she is constantly working. Out in the secluded woods, at the couple’s lake house, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. But one morning everything changes. Kelly is found brutally stabbed to death and now, Sarah must take on her hardest case yet, defending her own husband, a man accused of murdering his mistress. The Perfect Marriage is a juicy, twisty, and utterly addictive thriller that will keep you turning pages. You won’t see the ending coming . . . guaranteed! “Everything I want in a thriller. Sexy, shocking, and tense with an ending I never saw coming. Jeneva Rose is the queen of twists.” —Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times–bestselling author on You Shouldn’t Have Come Here “A twisty, compulsive book that will keep you reading all night! Fast-paced with crisp writing and an intriguing plot. Jeneva Rose is one to watch.” —Samantha Downing, #1 international bestselling author of My Lovely Wife “A book to be read in one gulp—this dastardly debut flies to a shocking reveal. I couldn’t put it down; I had to see what happened. Twists galore.” —J.T. Ellison, New York Times–bestselling author of Her Dark Lies
Download or read book A Court of Thorns and Roses written by Sarah J. Maas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING SERIES AND A TIKTOK SENSATION 'With bits of Buffy, Game Of Thrones and Outlander, this is a glorious series of total joy' STYLIST Feyre is a huntress. And when she sees a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she kills the predator and takes its prey to feed herself and her family. But the wolf was not what it seemed, and Feyre cannot predict the high price she will have to pay for its death... Dragged away from her family for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding even more than his piercing green eyes suggest. As Feyre's feelings for Tamlin turn from hostility to passion, she learns that the faerie lands are a far more dangerous place than she realized. And Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose him forever. _________________________ Sarah J. Maas's books have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into 37 languages. Discover the tantalising, sweeping romantic fantasy, soon to be a major TV series, for yourself.
Download or read book Unexpected Life A Friends to Lovers Midlife Romance written by Rose Bak and published by Rose Bak. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After looking death in eyes, she’s ready to live life on her terms – not become someone’s wife again. Muriel The only thing harder than going through cancer treatment was getting dumped by my husband of twenty years. Apparently, he thought the “in sickness” part of our vows was optional. After clawing my way back to health, I’m determined to live the life I already wanted. Sure, some might say that fifty-seven is a little too old to start over, but I’m ready for the challenge. After my ex-husband and I sell our house, I take my friend Julie up on her offer to sublet her condo at the Silver Falls Active Living Community. I’ve got a new lease on life, and I’m determined to focus on myself. I’m going to try new hobbies, make new friends, and focus on growing my grant writing business. One thing I’m not going to do is settle down with another man, even if I can’t stop thinking inappropriate thoughts about my new friend John. John It’s been nearly two years since my wife died, and my kids keep hinting that I should start dating again. Little do they know that I’m hopelessly in love with someone, but unfortunately the woman who’s caught my attention has stuck me firmly into the friend zone. Muriel is fiery and eclectic, funny and stubborn, and she doesn’t care what anyone thinks about her. Being around her is like getting a breath of fresh air. But when she suggests that we become friends-with-benefits, I decide to show her that I’m the man she needs not just for friendship, but for forever. This isn’t the life either of us ever expected, but it’s the life we have and we’re going to live it to the fullest. “Unexpected Life” is a steamy instalove later in life romantic comedy. Welcome to Silver Fox Falls, where residents soon learn that midlife is the best time to find true love. Expect spunky and independent women, charming and sexy older men, and nosy neighbors who are intent on matchmaking to help get their friends to a sweet happily ever after.
Download or read book Friends Lovers Hatred written by Terrell Pierre and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is by no means meant to advocate, condone, or glorify drug abuse, nor violence towards women; but is merely meant to point out destructive behaviors, in hopes to detour such self destruction.
Download or read book Glorious Shade written by Jenny Rose Carey and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A practical guide to maintaining a shade garden with a useful calendar of seasonal tasks, plant directory and inspiring design ideas.” —Gardens Illustrated Shade is one of the most common garden concerns homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. In Glorious Shade, Jenny Rose Carey celebrates the benefits of shade and shows you how to make the most of it. This information-rich, hardworking guide is packed with everything you need to successfully garden in the shadiest corners of a yard. You'll learn how to determine what type of shade you have and how to choose the right plants for the space. The book also shares design and maintenance tips that are key to growing a successful shade garden. Stunning color photographs offer design inspiration and reveal the beauty of shade-loving plants.
Download or read book Friends Lovers and Soulmates written by Derek S. Hopson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the strong foundations of kinship and community ties, there is a crisis of intimacy within the black community today. The Hopsons provide the tools, direction, and support needed by couples in troubled relationships as well as single people looking for a suitable partner.
Download or read book Duct taped Roses written by Billeh Nickerson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a pilot, Billeh Nickerson's father would duct-tape his bush planes to keep them flying. In this gentle, warm meditation, the award-winning poet questions what can be repaired, and what--inevitably--is lost to time. From the bush pilot duct-taping parts to keep his plane aloft to the pizza delivery driver who runs over his pizzas to the never-ending raffle at a leather bar, Nickerson uses his signature irreverence, honesty and wit to question what can be repaired, and what--inevitably--is lost to time. Such humour contrasts the poignancy of Nickerson's relationship with his father, celebrated in the long poem "Skies", and his exploration of the continued scourge of death for queer men--first AIDS and now addiction, mental illness and fentanyl overdoses. These poems reminisce about young love while exploring the complex, deep and often rending relationships between gay men, especially as they age. Nickerson shares heartbreaks ("You've covered me with tattoos / I can only see with my eyes closed, can only feel when I imagine your fingers") and offers odes and elegies to past loves."--
Download or read book Friends Lovers Chocolate written by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s already hugely popular new detective series, The Sunday Philosophy Club, starring the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie — editor of the Journal of Applied Ethics — and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace. When Isabel’s niece, Cat, asks Isabel to run her delicatessen while she attends a wedding in Italy, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had a heart transplant, and is suddenly plagued with memories of events that never happened to him. The situation appeals to Isabel as a philosophical question. Is the heart truly the seat of the soul? And it piques her insatiable curiosity: could the memories be connected with the donor’s demise? Grace, of course, thinks it is none of Isabel’s business. Add to the mix the lothario Cat brings home from the wedding in Italy, who, in accordance with all that Isabel knows about lotharios, shouldn’t be trusted . . . but goodness, he is charming. That makes two mysteries of the heart to be solved — just the thing for Isabel Dalhousie.
